E-Learning takes the limelight As e-learning has developed over the last two decades, it has become a vital part of government policy across the world. Edtech, as the European Commission made clear at ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2013, is becoming es... Read More December 19, 2013 News
Trends: MOOCs, big data and the quality of education When you go to good educational conferences like ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN, you meet people who know that – in most cases – the current way of educating students does not work. You also get to see many examples of go... Read More December 18, 2013 News
What’s so big about big data? September 25, 2013 News Big data has become the hot topic of the moment. The BBC and the Guardian have published whole series of articles and programmes about how it is changing lives, cityscapes, mapping and even art. It is reportedly capable of anything, from improving Australia’s ... Read More
“We urgently need to safeguard free will in the age of big data” Dr Viktor Mayer-Schönberger is the Oxford Internet Institute’s Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation. The focus of his research is the role of information in a networked economy, and he has published ... Read More August 27, 2013 News
Algorithms for Success: Trend-Spotting for the Future In an industry defined by rapid developments in technology and theory it can sometimes be a challenge to spot the next great success stories in amongst the hype. The ONLINE EDUCA news service spoke with an inte... Read More November 27, 2012 News